PowerPlay 2.0 Guide

Overview

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Getting Started

Merits

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Merits are essentially "reward points" that are earned through various in-game actions and affect a power's standing in the system they were earned in. As a CMDR earns merits, they will gain ranks---called "ratings"---once they complete an initial 5 missions for their power, with each rating granting the CMDR a combination of new/incrementally enhanced bonuses ^{[citation needed]}. In sharp contrast to PowerPlay v1, merits in PowerPlay v2 are earned (1) immediately and (2) do not have a "half-life". The only way to lose your merits is to defect to another power, in which case you lose all your merits^[1]^[2]. It is not known whether or not merits can be lost by performing hostile actions against either your own power or friendly powers.^{[citation needed]}.

Power Benefits

Universal Benefits

Up to a 100% reduction in rebuy costs when killed by an opposing power.
Up o a 100% reduction in rebuy when killed in your power's territory.
Rank decals.^[2]

Federation

Felicia Winters

+60% Increase on food and medicine profits in your Power's Territory.
+100% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory.
+100% Increase salvage profits in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Pulse Disruptor	???
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???
Containment Missile	???
Retributor	???
Concord cannon	???
Enforcer Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???^{[citation needed]}
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???^{[citation needed]}
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Mining Lance	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Jerome Archer

+100% Increase in bounty payouts in your Power's Territory.
-30% Reduced Weapon Module cost in your Power's Territory.
- It is not known at this time if this holds true for modules sold on Fleet Carriers in a power's territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???
Pulse Disruptor	???
Containment Missile	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Concord cannon	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Mining Lance	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Retributor	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Imperial

Arissa-Lavigny Duval

+100% Increase in bounty payouts in your Power's Territory.
-30% Reduced Weapon Module cost in your Power's Territory.
- It is not known at this time if this holds true for modules sold on Fleet Carriers in a power's territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Imperial Hammer	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Mining Lance	???
Prismatic Shield Generator	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Retributor	???
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Containment Missile	???^{[citation needed]}
Pulse Disruptor	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Aisling Duval

+100% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory.
+200% Increased Search and Rescue Payout in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Prismatic Shield Generator	???
Imperial Hammer	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Mining Lance	???
Retributor	???
Concord cannon	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Containment Missile	???
Pulse Disruptor	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Denton Patreus

+80% Increase in bounty payouts in your Power's Territory.
-90% Reduced Rearm Prices in your Power's Territory.
-40% Reduced Weapon Module cost in your Power's Territory.
- It is not known at this time if this holds true for modules sold on Fleet Carriers in a power's territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Mining Lance	???
Imperial Hammer	???
Prismatic Shield Generator	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Containment Missile	???
Retributor	???^{[citation needed]}
Enforcer Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Pulse Disruptor	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Zemina Torval

Alliance

Edmund Mahon

+100% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory.
+50% Awarded Trade Bond for Rare Goods sales in your Power's Territory.
+25% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Retributor	???
Concord cannon	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Prismatic Shield Generator	???
Containment Missile	???
Pulse Disruptor	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Mining Lance	???
Imperial Hammer	???
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???
Cytoscrambler	???

Nakato Kaine

+50% Increase in mining commodity profits in your Power's Territory.
- It is not clear at this time whether this applies to "mining commodities you mined" or if it applies to "mining commodities mined or sold".
+150% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory.
+120% Increased Search and Rescue Payout in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Concord cannon	???
Retributor	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Pulse Disruptor	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Containment Missile	???^{[citation needed]}
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???^{[citation needed]}
Mining Lance	???^{[citation needed]}
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Independent

Pranav Antal

+150% Increase in minor faction reputation gain in your Power's Territory.
+50% Increased Organics Data Sales in your Power's Territory.
+50% Increase in technology commodity profits in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Enforcer Cannon	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Containment Missile	???
Pulse Disruptor	???
Mining Lance	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???^{[citation needed]}
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Retributor	???^{[citation needed]}
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Archon Delaine

+30% Increase in black market Profits in your Power's Territory.
-100% Reduced value on Bounties placed on you in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Cytoscrambler	???
Containment Missile	???
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???
Pulse Disruptor	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Mining Lance	???
Enforcer Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Retributor	???^{[citation needed]}

Yuri Grom

+60% Increase in bounty payouts in your Power's Territory.
+15% Increased Exploration Data Sales in your Power's Territory.
+15% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory.
-30% Reduced Weapon Module cost in your Power's Territory.
- It is not known at this time if this holds true for modules sold on Fleet Carriers in a power's territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Containment Missile	???
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Mining Lance	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Retributor	???^{[citation needed]}
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Pulse Disruptor	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Li Yong-Rui

+210% Increased Exploration Data Sales in your Power's Territory.
-100% Reduced Rearm Prices in your Power's Territory.
-100% Reduced Refuel Prices in your Power's Territory.
-100% Reduced Repair Prices in your Power's Territory.
+25% Awarded Trade Bond on sales in your Power's Territory.
-30% Reduced Weapon Module cost in your Power's Territory.
Module unlock order:


Module	Rating unlocked at
Pack-Hound Missile Rack	???
Enforcer Cannon	???
Retributor	???
Containment Missile	???^{[citation needed]}
Advanced Plasma Accelerator	???^{[citation needed]}
Imperial Hammer	???^{[citation needed]}
Mining Lance	???^{[citation needed]}
Prismatic Shield Generator	???^{[citation needed]}
Concord cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Pulse Disruptor	???^{[citation needed]}
Pacifier Frag-Cannon	???^{[citation needed]}
Cytoscrambler	???^{[citation needed]}

Power's Influence on BGS

It is not known at this time what impact---if any---a power's presence in a system will have on that system's BGS. Most likely, there will no longer be a direct BGS impact caused by a Power's presence in the system. Whether certain traits of a power's presence in a system as found in PowerPlay 1.0 will continue in PowerPlay 2.0 is not yet known. It is known that a system's controlling faction's government type no longer influences a power's hold on a system or their overall rating. For example, a dictatorship controlling a system held by Jerome Archer or Arissa-Lavigny Duval no longer makes a system easier to undermine. Conversely, a Patronage or Feudal government controlling a system held by one of these two powers no longer makes the system harder to undermine.^[1]

Earning Merits by Ethos

Combat

Covert

Finance

Hauling power-specific "forts"^{[citation needed]}

Hauling power-specific "preps" (ex. Corruption reports, Propaganda Campaigns, etc.)

How To

Acquire new systems

Reinforce existing systems

Undermine other powers' systems

Supporting Media

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 PowerPlay 2.0 Q&A: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/powerplay-20-qa
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Brother Sabathius' stream on 10/17/2024: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2278289176?t=01h58m23s

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 PowerPlay 2.0 Q&A: https://www.elitedangerous.com/news/powerplay-20-qa

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Brother Sabathius' stream on 10/17/2024: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2278289176?t=01h58m23s

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